Tagged: marc garneau

It seems I struck a raw nerve in examining the Liberals’ foreign and defence policies last week. Marc Garneau, the Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic, rebutted my column at length in Saturday’s National Post.

The Conservative MP and parliamentary secretary to the prime minister was on CBC News Network's Power & Politics Wednesday to talk more about the mission against ISIS fighters in the Middle East, along with NDP and Liberal foreign affairs critics Paul Dewar and Marc Garneau. When asked by host Evan Solomon whether he had, while answering questions in the House of Commons, a responsibility to "at least make an attempt to answer on the topic you're asked as opposed to completely changing the topic," the honourable member's response elicited a priceless reaction from his NDP counterpart.

By Peter Rakobowchuk
MONTREAL — Unless Canada makes a lot more contributions to the International Space Station, it could be a while before another Canadian astronaut visits the giant orbiting space laboratory.

OTTAWA – NDP Leader Tom Mulcair got into another spat with House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer on Monday, defiantly ignoring his request not to call the Conservatives cheaters, as a senior Liberal questioned Scheer's impartiality in question period.

OTTAWA – A new plan for the Canadian Space Agency aims to make Canada "a global leader" in space exploration, but does not promise new funding for the agency, which has been forced to trim spending since across-the-board budget cuts in 2012.